The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-18

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Why dil ne nlA give lis thf law p y G ~ 4lle
Present Gunatitnticn d Atabar1E To-day nc
I 8ni3ea M AESanHaH, and quUtAa tsa QQlistltii-
y mons 50 1886 nud 1agAi qNt ta5l9 - Qaet4
~, 5.r,sssf7{7l frlpe 81 ISFg and S1a 6le last
4 b1infs fhe present Constitution Of that ssatei
Z whore fhHEu Il no limit at all, He tAszes up
next thu statpof Delaware, and quotes i an
Il the conssit tioua OF 17a2 and Ed3I. Et4ier
1 the Constitution af IislaWare 81 ssh the
4 Governor Is Ineligible fer any ascorfi fern a.
al Sc that II thst arg lalnt n used then AIS
] own candidate ~ tuGiig1nie g me eiiqc4 q
which lie Il seeking % elevate hila- aos,, ls.l.
4 eiEizanE, nnder his Own quosatlen IRON
Y the Cunsil tuition Of the State OF Dels9gErf,
I Gen. Nichols ~ ht1nssf Ineliglble e ~ Of
! nee, ard he quotes that As q reason Wl5 lev
Z McFnefy should mot BE- Ee-elecHdQ,
7Fhe Distinguished EG1fzTe sslnsii 0Veriqslsiai
I fdllaw-ritiERnBs tho G9aEtltuti1n q GALE
/ fortsih- where theFC Is 20 nlnitatloli bll5t OF
4 CI1inrrfIp, and the Constitution Of Gon-
Z pesf5cJlf, IL an Of which there IS no Inns
] ton. He comes 70 the banstltasa9A o.
y FLORIDA o ! SIS, and qnqtes tilAL taLs - v
where Governor - pos eilElllle LQf q $685.
4 cn6Feeutiye ts,rn, but fails 10 quote the eall-
I stitutian OF 1855 and that Of 1868, Hllara
30 EIaITATfaN At ALL.
/ NJ friend, like nyFsIf, il an advocate and
< he lt7TosE how % quote the authorities o.
! his own side, and leave the attorney On ne
other side 10 quote his prtpuse g give
! tue authorities on our s4te o. tne Qees5lalll-
4 / have Iab0red IN this research ana I nave
GONE u ti5a botbrnl of itiu my Judgement but
( M fy5s1,5l Is 4 reform Democrat, and that is
| tine reason SHY he doesn't give both sides OF
SIy 6e6o-ed friend next quotes fron, the
! Consultation Of Georgia Of 1If7 allG 81
! 1868, allowing two terms Of two years each
( Now, le9 us take the CenstIEutio9h q 4sBst
! fbe present Cons itution ri the EnlI,fIf III e
Of tie etllth, and we find there Is no lfEntSis-
I ton st ali A third term Tor good man. II
I is al With the man Il man Is goes man
I sud makes q good Governor, way nor hefP
I ism M That Il tho reason why these ConHti-
{ tIftions have been changed, allowing you 20
/ keep q man IN Cthee II you Cah get ht4l
I there. He qu0teH also from the Iuilst tl3li
I Of IIlineis of 1918 Hnd lSAS, nut lahs 20
quote from the Constitution OF 1870, Tie
/ ureRsnt Constitution, where there Is no
| limitation ct all. This thing Is moD1lononF,
felluW-cltiEens II is almost clear throDRh
| Just tins way. Then the gentleman relefs, 70
1 and quotes the Constitution Of In
diana, and that is one OF the htstes
that has not been changed, and glye llitlh
! f5at. The State Of Iowa he slEips.. He cunts
that because it has never had any LIIllltatso
and he makes 10 sllfslon 70 IL 1t dlfiltft
EHit bis side OF the case. lie next goes tG
! IS5E. fliaf Of 1887 and that of / S5S, where
! there il li4nitatipn; but he fails to quote
from the Constitution OF 1899, thatA9W A
force, whore there Is no llnltatlOn ~ a.
Ff5 Tu0tas from the Constitution Of heu-
l tueky, and that seems 70 be one where the
provision does exist. He sAlps Loulslans
because il In bis own STATE, and no Goes moi
wash 10 bring IL into undno prominence 80
he does not refer 10 the
CoNsrIruTIoN OF HIS STATE
of 1879, where there is no limitation at al:
He skipped the S5ate OF blaine, because Ii dlu
not suit has HldG Of tug case, Tor there Is nc
limitation. heOmttgd Maryland, where there
is no limitation: AGssschqsetts, I 5llchl3Al,
Minnesota, IN all Of which States there Is nc
limitation. he comes down to hllsfl55lpp
at last and quotes from some OF her Old
ANTICIPATED constitutions, the GOnsutun9n
FaaA. ~
Constitution 81 1868, the present one, where
there is no limitation. He quotes from
Missouri, where the principle does MOI
seem to have been CHANGED. He a'G.
no limitation at all Now, tellqWrclti-
ZenB, the Constitution Of North Carolina
provides that tho GqyeTnQr's term shall be
four years, and that he shan not be elSlple
10 the same office more than tOHr years iH
any period Of eiEln years unless the ONCE
gllall hsvB been Gust upon him a. Lleutellanl
Governor or President Of the isenate. JNsi
exactly the situation o. Coy. hGLEefE TO,
dIy, yet the Constitution i quoied against
him, aud ii ths same prohibition that Is ~
Che Constitution Of North Carolina were ~
the Constitution OF Louisiana to-day, 4
woald exectly d { his eaHG and make him eli
Eible to the Office. He did not reach Gal
enough along tine line when he referred, e
this Constitution. He only. read that part o.
il that benefited his case. "a voice, lie WAS
near.sighted."J Yes, gueRs he YVES.
i FeLlow-eitl2eng, the gentleman omitted e
refer to the constitutions OF Nebraska, and 81
Nevada, and Of New HAMPSHIRE. where there
! ia no limitation hut he referred to the Con
RiitutiBu OF New jersey where there = q
limitation. He omitted to refer TO the Con
stItution Of
THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK,
the constitutions Of lT7T, 1921 and 1S4G,
where there mas never been d lLnIl tattoo on
the Office Of Governor. He refers to thB Con
BtitHt0n Of Ohio Of 1902 where there was 8
: limitation, but flilea 10 refer to the Co9sttJq
tiOp Of 1851, tile present one, where iherel
no limitations gEcsPt 70 provide That no mem
Der Of Congress shall hold the Office
[Laughtsr.l The gentleman next Teter
10 tine Constitution Of Oregon, Guj
, Limitation, and the State Of RennsylHani!
likewise. He failed to refer to the CoHstlbu
ton Of Rhode Island, where there Is no LIN
itati0n, and, teliOw-cltiZen5, No retelenet
I il made 10 the Constitution Of south Caro-
. lima, the cradle OF Democracy, the home 0
: John c, Calhoun. That State once had 4
I Constitution that pfqvld5d that the Cover
! nor should not be eligible until four year
! | after the expiration Of has term, bat the IQl
= stituhDn Of 1868, the present one Eepeaie.
that provision and sad IN sq many word
that the Governor shall be eligible. 5ha
| iA the Constitution OF south Carolina The
we're not satisfied to omit the words whereof
I. the right would have existed, but they wel
Z 80 far as to declare the right Of ITSELF.
: The gentleman referred T. tlB eon n
4 restriction and he refers also to the cor
q stitution Of Texas OF 1886 and ls45, bu
r failed, fell0w-eitl2eRs, 70 refer to the preseH
y constitution OF Texas OF 1876, where theI
"a is no limit on the right of the people TO selel
II whom theyplaage FOR the Office of Governor
n and as often as they please. He refers onl
Il 70 the State 81 Virgins, apd admit M
n there is 8 limitation, and il they are in I'll
Il future 70 have Governors like some th(
u have had in the past, since the War, Il won
!, be better If they had provision abollshl1
" the State Of Virginia to-day limits the ter
ii Of Office to three years, and / say that Il
II people Of Virginia are going to find th
n provision in their constitution
Il A STUMBLING BLOCK
le in their way when the term Of that gala
man, Cen Hltzhugh Lee expires, and Il Reii
d be better for those pepple if they could Ike
~ him In Office for not only one term. b
IL twenty terms. They have got their lecks in +
Ky halter, aud they are going to feel it dra'
a Nov, fellow citizens, the Consultation
X West Virginia was referred TO. There, q lin
y docs exist; but my h8nored friend failed
Y, refer TO The Constitution Of Wisconsin, Rhe
" there IL no limitation at all.
Now, Liyill summarize this matter and 4
" You thai tic constitutions OF eleven stat
y to-dsy ogt Of thfrty-eight, Limit the right
= any man 10 occupy more than ceFtsin til
" the office Of Governor, and one OF tho
~ eleven States il Delaware. which makes
~ map ineligible f9r any SECOND term az q
N other Is North Carolina, which would adm
n Gov. AlcIlnerg. 80 that there really axe
" constitutions Of nine States Of tile Uni
VI operating ~ me disadvantage q aoY. Z
W Emery on this theory.
"a Now, / have found upon my research I
sS following States in which there has heel
= limitation 81 the right Of Che Governor
n hold Office beyond 4 certain puInber 81 tern
~ which limitation las since been change
n Since the foundation 0f the United STA
w government there have been pWehty-thl
W States ia tins Union ct one time Or anOtl
" which have had this proEeriptiFe clause
" their constitutions, and Of those TWEEN
Is three States twelve haze changed that p
~ vision, and Louisiana is one Of them. Z
ls hOnofahle gentleman said in his speech Il
w he could BOT imagine and could not DIN
7. how III was thai Che Constitutional llOnyi
n tien Ut 81 q, Of which ae was q aissinguihh
" member, Failed 10 ptit in this plQAcript
clause I had the A0n9r myself " BE- q me
- Der Of that Constitutional Convention frt
~ my Own parish.
IT WAB BY no ACCIDENT
that the people Of Isenisisna, through II
Ot Representatives changed this pf0yisi,
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